Search - John Dowland, William [Composer] Byrd, Anonymous :: Consort Songs

Excellent

07/30/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"An excellent selection of consort music, from the solemn to the upbeat. Connow Burrowes has a beautiful, strong, pure voice and is a delight to listen to. Highly recommended; some very lovely music."

Times Past....

soprani | United Kingdom | 01/30/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I discovered this excellent CD of Connor Burrows on a trip to the university city of Cambridge, in a tiny ye olde world record shop. Very appropriate for the music in question.
Connor's straight clear direct singing, is an ideal vessel with which to convey both the melody of this very early music, and the lyrics...written in a very different manner to modern classical songs.
I feel Connor Burrows would have been a favourite singing these lovely madrigals in the Elizabethan court, from whence they were originally performed. Consort songs were not really designed for the etheral voiced chorister. Connor Burrows and the equally professional Amsterdam Loeki Stradust Quartet, blend well together in harmony and take the listener back in time...to when music didn't need synthsizers or microphones to be enjoyed in all its purity. A fine recording indeed."

One of my favorite singers

A Quiet Conscience | Canada | 07/31/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Connor Burrowes is one of my very favorite trebles (or was I should say since he is now a baritone). I waver between Connor and his younger brother Edward as both have gorgeous voices but a different sound. Connor sounds brilliant on this recording, so pure and rich. It's very comforting music, nice to play while writing or working on things because it's not distracting and simply adds a bit of color to one's day. I highly recommend this CD as well as the Boys Air Choir CD's that Connor and Edward sing on -- especially Blue Bird which shows off Edward's talents and contains gorgeous songs."